Other Names:

Lagrimas De La Virgen, Tears Of The Virgin

Benefits

Antibacterial

Antimicrobial

Antimycotoxins

Wound-healing

Antiinflammatory

Antivirual

Tiwai

Eleutherine americana

Tiwai (Eleutherine americana) is a medicinal plant that is native to tropical America. E. e americana extract is used commonly as a food preservative worldwide. It contains compounds from three main groups--anthraquinones, naphtoquinones, and naphtalenes.

AntibacterialE. e americana may help provide some protection against invasion by campylobacter, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcous mutans.